Madagascar, for example, just 500 to 700 tonnes are available at "very high" prices. "They are selling at over $13,000 a tonne fob"
As a result, it is difficult to know the exact quantities shipped from Madagascar. At the present time, several shippers say that the cloves carryover could be approximately 3,000 tonnes, but others pretend that Madagascar is sold out, because they collect just a few tonnes per week currently, while they got 50 tonnes per week at the end of February...READ MORE